Adjustable frame for laundry-tubs



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CHARLES J. EVERETT, OF TENAFLY, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE FRAME FOR 'LAUNDRY TUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,580, dated February28, 1888.

Application filed March 3, 1887. Serial No. 229,533.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. EVERETT,

of Tenafly, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, haveinvented anew and useful Improvement in Adjustable Frames forLaundry-Tubs and Analogous Vessels, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to supporting-frames for porcelain or stonelaundry-tubs and other analogousvesselssuchasstonehorse-troughs, sinks,8m; and the object of my invention is to provide for the readyadjustment of the parts of such frames, in order to adapt them for tubsor analogous vessels having uneven surfaces, or for use on unevenfloors. Such tubs or vessels have been heretofore supported upon frames;but the parts directly supporting the tubs or vessels have not beencapable of adjustment relatively to thelegs or other parts, and it hasbeen frequently necessary to Wedge up the tubs or vessels upon theframes at one or both ends, or else to wedge up the legs, in either casethe tub or vessel not being secured as rigidly and safely as is desired.

In carrying out my invention I provide a frame for the purpose havinglegs and flanged supports or bearers which serve to directly support thevessel and are adj ustably secured to the legs, to provide for theirindependent adjustment both as to height and inclination, and theseflanged bearers or supports preferably are connected by a brace-rod orstretcher which extends between them and has its ends adjustablyconnected with them. In connection with the legs and the adjustablesupports or bearers on which the vessel may rest I preferably employbars which inclose or surround the vessel above the flanged andadjustable supports or bearers, and are adjnstably connected to adaptthem for variation in the size or form of vessels.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation ofa frameembodying my in vention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the frame with alaundry-tub in place therein. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectionupon about the plane .indicated by the dotted line :0 m, Fig. 2; andFigs. 4 and 5 are respectively a sectional elevation and a front viewsimilar to Figs. 3 and 2, and illustrating a modification of myinvention in which the tub is confined in flanged bearers adjustableboth as to (N0 model.)

height and inclination, and in which the up per portion of the tub isuuinclosed or unconfined.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring, first, to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A B designate front and backlegs, which are prolonged upward to the top or nearly the top of the tubO, forming uprights A B. The tub O, which may be of stone, porcelain, orother material, is supported directly by flangedbearers or supports D,the form of which is best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and which have attheir upper edgeslaterally-extendin g flanges d, on which the tub C issupported. These flange supports or bearers D are connected with thelegs to provide for their independent adjustment relatively to the legsboth as to height and inclination. I have shown them as secured to thelegs A B by bolts b, and I have represented the bearers or supports D asformed with slots (1, receiving the bolts b, and providing foradjustment of the bearers or supports D in the manner described. I havelikewise shown the supports or bearers D as connected by a brace-rod orstretcher, D, which has its ends adjustably connected by nuts d 'orotherwise with them, and which therefore provides for the adjustment ofthe supports or bearers D and the bars or legs A B at opposite ends ofthe stretcher nearer to or farther from each other. In this example ofmy invention I inclose or surround the tub C to its upper portion by adjustably-connected bars or rods. I have here represented at each end ofthe frame side bars, E, and I have shown front and back rods orstretchers, F F, which confine the tub G upon its four sides. The bars Eare secured to the uprights A B by bolts and nuts e, which pass throughslots '6 in them, and also, preferably, through slots 6 formed in theuprights A B, to provide for adjusting the bars E E at differentheights. The adjustment of the bolts 6 in the slots 6 will also serve tovary the length of the side bars, E, between the bolts and the slots 6in the side bars provided for such adjustment. I have here representedthe bolts 6, which secure the upper side bars, E, as formed upon theends of the front and back bracerods or stretcliers, F F.

It will be observed that both the flanged supports or bearers D may beraised or low ered independent of each other at either end or bodily,and this adjustment enables them to be adapted" to the bottom of the tubG whether it be straight or warped or twisted, as

it is very apt to be, owing to the drying operation to which it issubjected if formed of cement or ceramic ware.

In the examples of my invention shown in to Figs. 4 and 5 the flangedsupports or bearers D, which embrace the front and back and ends of thetub G, are connected by an adjustable brace-rod, D, as abovedescribed,and are connected by bolts I) with the front and back legs, AB. .111 this example of my invention slots 1), which receive the bolts1), and which are formed in the legs A B, provide for adjusting thebearers D both as to height and inclination, and each pair of legs A Bis connected by a cross-piece or stretcher, G, secured to the legs bybolts f, passing through slots j, thus providing for the adjustment ofthe legs toward and from each other. I am aware of Patent No. 237,391,granted .25 to Kruse February 8, 1881, for an improve- -'1nent incigar-bundling machines,and I do not seek to cover by my claims anycombination of elements such as are shown in that patent. That patentcomprises two adjustable end por- 0 tionsadj ustablc toward and fromeach other by means of a screw-and side bars which are permanentlysecured to one end portion and have a screw-and-slot connection with theother end portion, in order that such end por- 3 5 tions may be securedat a fixed distance apart. Ido not find in this patent any flangedbearers similar to my bearers D, and which are adjustable both as toheight and inolinatiomand which are an indispensable element of my 0structure.

WVhat I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The frame for supporting stone or porcelain laundry-tubs and otheranalogous vessels, having legs and flanged supports or bearers D, 5which serve to support the vessel through its bottom and are adjustablysecured to the legs, to provide for the independent adjustment of thebearers D both as to height and inclination, substantially as hereindescribed.

2. The frame for supporting stone or porcelain laundry-tubs andanalogous vessels, having legs, and flanged supports or bearers D, adjustably connected with the legs, to provide for their independentadjustment both as to height and inclination, and a brace-rod orstretcher extending between said supports or bearers, and having itsends adjustably con nected with them for varying their distance apart,substantially as herein described.

3. The frame for a laundry -tub or other analogous vessel, composed oflegs, supports, or bearers on which the vessel may rest, and which areadjustable both as to height and inclination relatively to the legs, andbars above the bearers D, for inclosing or surrounding the vessel, andadjustably connected, to' adapt them for variations in the size or formof vessels, substantially as herein described.

4. The combination, with the legs and up rights A A B B and the supportsor bearers D, having bolt-and-slot connections with the legs, of thebrace-rod D, the side bars, E, having bolt-audslot connections with theuprights, and the front and back rods, F F, having bolt-and-slotconnections with the up-- rights, substantially as herein described.

CHAS. J. EVERETT.

"Witnesses:

' C. -HALL,

FREDK. HAYNES.

